Canines (2008)

Director:

Blake Pruitt

Stars:

Dave Kontny, John Gavrilis, Tom Pruitt

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Dave Kontny	...	Himself - Director of the NEDCTP
John Gavrilis	...	Himself - MTA Deputy Chief of Police (as Lt. Col. John Gavrilis)
Tom Pruitt	...	Himself - MTA Police K9 Handler (as Officer Tom Pruitt)
Lou Jones	...	Himself - MTA Police K9 Unit Sergeant (as Sgt. Lou Jones)
Raquel Bailey-Harrison	...	Herself - MTA Police K9 Handler (as Officer Raquel Bailey-Harrison)
Cecilio Echeandia Jr.	...	Himself - TSA Field Canine Coordinator
David Franklin	...	Himself - Acting MTA Chief of Police (as Lt. Col. David Franklin)
Millard Richburg	...	Himself - MTA Special Operations Bureau Commander (as Maj. Millard Richburg)
William Collins	...	Himself - MTA Investigations / Tactical Division Commander (as Capt. William Collins)

Storyline

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Taglines:

They Find What You Fear, One Sniff At a Time

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Genres:

Documentary | Short

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 October 2008 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

11 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

User Reviews

Pretty good but I wanted to see a bit more

This short documentary film is about a canine unit with the Maryland Transit Authority--a part of the Transportation Safety Administration. The job of the dogs is to sniff out bombs and it's interesting to see dogs doing this sort of work. My only problem is that I really wanted to see more--see the dogs at home with the officers, see how they were trained and selected, etc.. However, what I saw was pretty interesting.

As for the technical merits of the film go, they were generally decent but I did find that the selection of music didn't work for me. Others might like hearing the "Hawaii 5-0" theme as well as those from "Magnum" and "Cops"--I found it distracting. Perhaps a more neutral sound track would have been better.